wax

[dids]

I've ordered some products from Bilt Hamber, double wax ,clay bar and micro fine any good ?

 

[JMAC]

I've been using a few of their products for the last few months. Really pleased with them.

Medium clay bar - good value and very easy to work with. Can be used with water as a lube but I added a small amount of Chemical Guys speed wipe to work the area.

Auto wheels - great product. Works as well as VP Dragons Breath, and although there's still an underlying smell of sulphur, it doesn't smell as bad!

Cleanser polish - very easy to apply and buff off. Leaves a very nice finish.

Finis wax - A little goes a long way. Easy to apply and buff off and hands down the best wax or last stage product I've used so far. Two months after a two layer application and it's still beading really well and even after a snow foam and wash it's obviously still lasting well.

Auto wash - One of the best shampoos I've found and great value with only a table spoon being used in a 20 ltr bucket (I use a little more than recommended due to hard water area).

I used to prefer Chemical Guys and Sonax products but I think Bilt Hamber is my new fave. Going to try some of their QD once my 5 ltr bottle of CG speed wipe runs out.

 

[Matt280]

Can definitely vouch for the clay bars - really easy as you can use water.

If you haven't clayed before just make sure you use lots of water and the surface is pre washed. And don't drop it!!!!!

 

[JMAC]

Here's the end result on my Apollo blue ST FR:

 

[nsheridan]

Their Korrosol is great at removing brake dust and bizarrely smells like cake (as opposed to sulphur and suffering). Surfex HD is an excellent degreaser.

 

[dids]

Thanks for all replys,I forgot I ordered the alloy wheel cleaner as well.Never used the clay bar before but the bloke next door swares by it so thought I give it a go, the medium one I've ordered. Let's hope it's all here for weekend so I can give it its first good seeing too.

 

[kevster184]

I use megs clay, iron remover from auto finesse first, then megs nxt wash. Finish with a couple of coats of dodo juice wax

 

[xSullx]

Here's the end result on my Apollo blue ST FR:

that looks very nice!

Can't wait for my Apollo Blue ST FR arrive now
Unfortunately I don't have the possibility to work extensively on my car myself. I'll be getting the car waxed (or maybe use a paint sealant) as soon as I get it.

 

[dids]

I used said clay bar, polish and wax at the weekend,they go on very easy and more importantly come off very easy. I'm very pleased with the results and would recommend.

 

[Crafoo]

I wouldn't use water when claying and i definitely wouldn't advise someone who has never clayed before to use water. You really ought to use a decent lubricant to spray on the car, there's plenty available that'll do the job just fine.

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[dids]

If you go on Bilt Hamber site it says to use water as a lub for the clay bar no need for anything else.

 

[kevster184]

Water is cheaper than the over priced liquid normally advised and does the same job

 

[dids]

Thanks for your reply Kevster,I never used a clay bar before and thought I may of damage the paint work.

 

[Crafoo]

It may depend upon the type of bar you use (never used the Bilt Hamber) but I'd never use water mainly because it's not a lubricant and that's what you need when you're sliding a bar of clay around your paintwork.

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[dazjstuart]

Agreed, I know plenty of people use just water but with some clays it just doesn't slide around very well. I use whatever brand of quick detailer spray I happen to have heavily thinned down with water, you definitely don't need neat spray, water just needs a little waxy stuff in the water to make it more slippery.

 

[kevster184]

These clays tend to vary on how aggressive they are too. The megs one is quite light, but others I've seen on a black car leaves scratches which need quite a deep polish to remove.

 

[dids]

Washed and 2 applications of Bilt Hamber wax on the body and 1 wax on the wheels here's the results

 

[kevster184]

Washed and 2 applications of Bilt Hamber wax on the body and 1 wax on the wheels here's the results

Looking good!.

I've just done my new Leon. Went for 2 coats on the body, 3 coats on the wheels and rainx on the glass. The advantge of the standard FR wheels i can clean all the backs quite easy throught the spokes, short of where the front calipers is.

 

[dids]

I took the wheels off to give them a good clean and wax ,not sure I will that to often it took 3 hours !

 

[kevster184]

I took the wheels off to give them a good clean and wax ,not sure I will that to often it took 3 hours !

I only wax the backs once a year